Critical Appraisal Skills Programme

Critical Appraisal Training:
Online Courses

Our courses

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Training Course: Introduction to Critical Appraisal

£6.00 (£5+VAT)  |   30 Minutes

This course will give you an overview of what critical appraisal is and how you can develop your learning in this valuable skill.

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Systematic Reviews Training Module

£90 (£75+VAT)  |   7 hours

This module includes:

  • Is the Evidence Useful?
  • Critical appraisal of a systematic review with meta-analysis
  • Making sense of results
  • How to use a CASP Checklist – Systematic Review with Meta-analysis - Randomised Controlled Trials
  • How to use a CASP Checklist – Systematic Review with Meta-analysis - Observational Studies
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Randomised Controlled Trials (RCT) Training Module

£45.00 (£37.50+VAT)  |   3 hours 5 minutes

This module includes:

  • Introduction to the critical appraisal of Randomised Controlled Trials (RCT’s)
  • How to use a CASP randomised controlled trial (RCT) checklist
  • Making Sense of results: Measures of Effectiveness in Randomised Controlled Trials
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Training Course: Finding & Searching for Evidence

£45.00 (£37.50+VAT)  |   2 Hours

This course can guide you through the process for finding relevant research evidence, formulating answerable clinical questions, developing effective search strategies and running your own searches efficiently and effectively to answer your own clinical questions.

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All CASP Online Learning Modules (10% off)

£167.40 (£139.50 + VAT)  |   12 hours 35 minutes

This package includes:

  • Introduction to Critical Appraisal
  • Finding & Searching for Evidence
  • Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs)
  • Systematic Reviews
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Digital Download: Webinar on Real World Evidence

£18.00 (£15.00+VAT)  |   1 hour
In this webinar, we cover the various sources of real-world data, and which research study designs can generate real-world evidence as there is increasing interest in the potential to convert real-world data into real-world evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.
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Who are these online training courses for?

These short online courses are designed for all healthcare professionals including medics, dentists, nurses, midwives, paramedics, radiologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and pharmacists. Relevant to any stage of a career, established professionals may look to complete the course as evidence of CPD and for their portfolios, and the skills will also be highly relevant to junior staff, trainees, and undergraduate/postgraduate students.

We believe that critical appraisal skills are important for decision making at any point, not just for your professional life but also your personal life.

Our online training courses are also helpful for healthcare educational researchers and any other learners who:

  • Need to critically appraise and stay abreast of the healthcare research literature as part of their clinical duties.
  • Are considering carrying out research & developing their own research projects.
  • Make decisions in their role, whether that be policy making or patient facing.

Benefits

  • Highly affordable - Courses start from as little as £6!
  • Professional training - CASP are leading experts in Critical Appraisal training
  • Self directed study - Complete each course in your own time and when it suits you
  • 12 months access - Access to our online courses lasts for 12 months so you can revisit areas you aren’t sure of
  • CPD Certification - After each module has been completed, you will receive a CPD certificate

Testimonials

  • The content was relevant. The use of simple examples to illustrate the importance of critical appraisal in relation to patient care. The Treatment of Scurvy Story was a great illustration to explain some of the factors which may affect the implementation of research findings. This was a game changer for me and I will use this example to illustrate why it sometimes takes ages for research findings to change clinical practice..

  • 1. Good introduction to critical appraisal 2. Simple language, easy to learn, adequate pace

  • Very clear lessons. Detailed and comprehensive explanations. Practical and with good examples.

  • I liked that the content was clear, concise and useful. Gave both theoretical and practical knowledge and gave the necessary tools to use when critically appraising an RCT.

  • Clear definitions and explanations. Statistics will always befuddle me, but this made sense.

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